The following error messages might be written to the SAS log when you invoke SAS:

Error: The ODS initializer failed to instantiate during SAS startup.
Error: Exception text: assistive technology not found: com.sun.java.accessibility.accessbridge.  

To correct the problem, follow these steps:

1. Close all SAS sessions that might be running.
2. If you are using SAS in a 32-bit Windows operating environment, check to see which subdirectories reside in the following Windows directory:
   C:\Program Files\Java

   If you are using SAS in a 64-bit Windows operating environment, check to see which subdirectories reside in the following Windows directory:

   C:\Program Files (x86)\Java

   With the directories above, you should see subdirectory names such as jre1.6.0_24, jre6, jre7, and so on.

3. For each subdirectory that exists, open the corresponding bin directory, such as:
   C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin
4. Search each of the Java bin directories on your Windows machine for the following file:

   jabswitch.exe
   

   Once you locate the Java directory where jabswitch.exe resides, write down the name of this directory.

5. Open a DOS command prompt or DOS command window. From the DOS command prompt, make sure that you see:
   C:\
6. Enter the following DOS command:
   cd Program Files (x86)\Java\java-subdirectory\bin

   Be sure to replace java-subdirectory above with the name of the Java subdirectory on your Windows machine where the jabswitch.exe file resides.

7. Enter the following DOS command:
   jabswitch -disable
8. Restart SAS. The error messages should no longer appear in the SAS log.

An alternative solution is to issue two commands from a DOS command prompt or DOS command window that will execute the jabswitch -disable command for all instances of jabswitch.exe that are installed on your Windows machine. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Enter the following DOS command from a DOS command prompt or DOS command window:
   cd /d c:\
2. Enter the following DOS command:
   for /F "delims=" %i IN ('dir /s/b jabswitch.exe') do "%i" -disable
3. Restart SAS.

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